After years of teaching my popular live course, Exploring the Mandala, to groups in Toronto, I am delighted to be offering a brand NEW online version of

EXPLORING THE MANDALA!

In Exploring the Mandala you will receive step by step video instructions walking you through the process of creating 5 Intentional Mandalas. You will receive an introduction video and pdf booklet outlining the course format, what simple materials you will need to begin your journey, and where you can get them.

A few reasons why YOU want to add personal Mandala making to YOUR Creative Toolkit!

I enjoyed being in such a peaceful space. It was a sacred space in those moments. I don’t give myself enough time in my day to “be creative”. Christine taught me that we are all creative and lighting that part of ourselves is so important. I feel different now. It has truly changed how I perceive myself. (Victoria S.)

Christine emphasizes the importance of finding joy in the process of art-making and indeed her classes are really fun and relaxed. Yet on top of an enjoyable process, students leave her classes with many unique products as well. (Lisa B.)

I really enjoyed working with all of the different media, each type providing a new texture and experience. I stopped judging my art and just enjoyed the process. (Gaye B.)

My mandalas are up all over my office where they inspire me everyday! (Lisa P.)

I didn’t expect to have as much of a personal experience creating my mandala, but Christine created such a beautiful space for exploration with this class that I was able to open up and take a journey with my inner self from a pure and creative place. I was able to find a joyful place to set as the voice for my Mandala, and my art now sits on my bedside table to remind me of that inner space and how important it is to spend time there. (Michelle R.)

Ready to SIGN UP now at the Special Summer Price – GREAT!

(or find more info below)

I am artist Christine Pensa of Art That Moves. I have been a practising artist and creative “way-shower” (I don’t like the word teacher) for almost 20 years. My style of intentional art making, art and soul, or sacred art and mark making comes from the fruit of my own personal practices. I bring my full presence as an artist, a shamanic practitioner—and all around lover of life—to all that I do. Like my beautiful friends the bees, I gather creative nectar to share with you and help you transmute it into honey to feed your creative voice.

For the last few years I’ve been sharing my popular Exploring the Mandala class with people in Toronto. I’m often asked whether the class would be available online—and so after much thought and preparation—it’s ready!

My first exposure to Mandala making was seeing Tibetan monks creating a Sand Mandala when I attended the Kalachakra teachings conducted by the Dalai Lama in Toronto in 2004. I was able to walk around the completed Mandala and then watch as the Dalai Lama placed it in Lake Ontario as a blessings. It was a powerful experience, but I didn’t realize that I could explore mandalas in my own way until a few years later. Now, I have been making Mandalas for my own spiritual self discovery and joy for almost a decade.

Exploring the Mandala is an online – on demand video series in 4 parts. Once you pay for the course, you will be able to access the private videos and watch them at your leisure. You will be able to watch the videos and download the accompanying material. The course videos are delivered to you as soon as you pay.

The course is based on the live lesson plans I have created and refined over the past several years. The content is—as the course name says—about Exploring the Mandala. Mandala is a huge topic and frankly it is a lifelong journey. The course content walks you through Intentional art or mark making as a way to explore the mandala. Simple exercises with easy to follow instructions are the basis for the course. The video instructions walk you through the process and intentional creation of five mandalas using different processes and mediums.

Intentional art or mark making is not about the product (though the product is often divine) it’s about the journey. Intentional art is not art therapy. Art therapy is a great tool for uncovering your personal history or stories, and there is an element of art therapy when you begin to work with your creative voice.

The distinction between art therapy and art and soul, intentional art or sacred art is tuning into something beyond our stories, and beyond our physical self and working to pull those beautiful threads of what your soul and spirit has to tell you.

What I know about Mandala making with intention is that is almost automatically opens you up. Bit by bit it has helped me to open and connect with the whisperings of my own creative song.

The subject of Mandala is vast. There are Mandalas found in cultures around the globe. There a hundreds of ways the Mandala is represented and so it could very well be a lifelong study. I will be providing a brief overview of Mandala and not instructing on the history of Mandala. There are many books on the Mandala and a google search will help you find more of that if that’s where your interest lies.

This course, Exploring the Mandala, is meant to introduce you to the Mandala by experiencing five styles of Intentional Mandala making with step by step instructions. Think of this as one of the beginning steps in deepening your own Mandala journey.

Once you have paid for the course, you will receive a link to download a pdf booklet with a full list of materials.

Are the materials costly, and do I need to go to an art supply store?

I have tried to keep materials cost down. In the pdf handout I have suggestions for finding materials at a lower cost. Many of the supplies can be found at a dollar store so you don’t need to go to a special artist supply store.

There will be no instruction on sacred geometry in this course. Instead, you will focus on your own connection to Mandala making as a sacred or intentional practice.

YES please! I will provide step by step instructions for you to create all the mandalas in the course. Some of the most powerful mandalas for me have been the simplest. Many of the people that come to my classes have no previous experience and they have been pleasantly surprised by their outcome. All that’s necessary to begin is a desire to know more about creating Mandalas with intention.

If you have some art experience, and are open to creating with a beginners mind, you too will be pleasantly surprised about the outcome. All that’s necessary is a desire to know more about creating Mandalas with intention.

This course is for anyone at any level of art or mark making experience, who is curious about personal Mandala making.

As mentioned above, this is a vast subject. There a hundreds of ways the Mandala is represented and so it could very well be a lifelong study. The famous psychiatrist Carl Jung, in addition to using Mandala with his patients, made personal Mandalas almost everyday. See—it really can be a lifelong study.

In Exploring the Mandala, I will be providing a brief overview of Mandala, but not much history of the Mandala. I hope you will continue your own exploration and choose from the multitude of books written about the subject.

The course is meant to introduce you to the Mandala by experiencing five styles of Intentional Mandala making with step by step instructions. If you’re interested in entering an intentional Mandala practice, learning about new ways to approach Mandala making, while watching step by step art making demos—then this is for you.

Think of this course as one of the beginning steps in deepening your own Mandala journey. As one of my divine mentors says, it’s your fruit to pick. I know this course can be just the beginning of you gathering your own fruit on your Mandala journey.

Who is this course not meant for?

It’s NOT meant for you if you are looking for a specific area of study, like art therapy. As mentioned above, this is a vast subject. There a hundreds of ways the Mandala is represented and so it could very well be a lifelong study. I cannot begin to cover the vast history of the Mandala across the world in one course, so if it’s that kind of study you are looking for, this course is not for you.

I will not be providing any specific instruction on sacred geometry or giving instruction on creating Mandalas attached to any particular religious practice.

Click on the Paypal icon link right below. Once your payment is confirmed, you will be directed to a special page where you will receive all the login information, including passwords, for the course. 4 instructional videos, and a pdf booklet. All the necessary instructions for you to begin are included.

Next step—ENJOY your own Exploration of the Mandala

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http://www.artthatmoves.ca/2017/08/the-energy-of-the-sun-within-you/#respondTue, 01 Aug 2017 16:10:27 +0000http://www.artthatmoves.ca/?p=2952As the Sufi mystical poet Rumi wonders—why don’t you open to the energy of this Sun within you

(and to the beautiful synchronicity around you)

It’s no coincidence* as my mentor/collaborator/best-selling author/friend Janet Conner and I have been working this year’s new content for our course—Express Your Soul’s Beauty—that I keep hearing the beautiful song written by Kathleen, one of last year’s participants. That song’s beauty continues to reach out sending a vibration of love for it’s creator—and for anyone else who hears with an open heart. (*coincidence is a meek word we use when we’re too afraid to say it like it is – divine synchronicity)

The song and everything else that opened for participants in last year’s course confirms what I know to be true—Your creativity has the joy-filled force of the whole universe behind it!All you need do is get out of your own way, and—open, open, open. That’s what the full expression of you means.

Janet and I continue to open, with joy-filled heARTs to our own fuller expression. We change. The course changes, grows and blossoms along with us. We know how important it is right now to open and respond to the energy of creation. This is a time of intense shifts and change for everyone. Those changes can be life-affirming if we learn work in partnership with our authentic self, and in partnership with the universe’s natural creative cycles.

If we are co-creators with the full force of the universe as our fuel. All we need to do is develop a personal creative practice to cultivate and fine tune the tools we have as our birthright. These tools will help us to access our creative power with ease. That’s what Express Your Soul’s Beauty does!

Each week Janet and I share what’s in our toolbox and in the toolbox of the voices of love around us. We co-create in our Express Your Soul’s Beauty sacred circle, and each one of us leaves our gatherings with new inspiration and new tools to consider adding to our lives. Opening to the fuller expression of you helps you to open to the bigger “song” you are here on the planet at this important time to sing!

It’s also no coincidence that this morning my husband emailed a poem I had shared with him many months ago. Its written by the Sufi mystical poet, Rumi—and, guess what, it’s really a poem about—Opening to the full expression of you! It’s about using it, burning it – to fuel the creative fire that is your joy-filled life.

You sit here for days saying,This is strange business.You’re the strange business, Youhave the energy of the sun in you,but you keep knotting it upat the base of your spine.

You’re some weird kind of goldthat wants to stay meltedin the furnace, so you won’t have tobecome coins.

Say ONE in your lonesome house.Loving all the rest is hidinginside a lie.

You’vegottendrunkon so many kinds of wine.Taste this, It won’tmake you wild.It’s fire. Give up,if you don’t understandby this timethat your living is firewood.

This wave of talking builds.Better we should not speak,but let it grow within.

RUMI

This is the kind of joyful synchronicity that your life is full of once you open. Janet and I know the perfect people will be drawn to our course, you might be one of them if this idea sounds full of joy to you!

The soulful, best-selling author, Janet Conner and I are fine-tuning the content in our online course, Express Your Soul’s Beauty, Opening to the full expression of you.

Our 10 week journey into the creative heart begins on Wednesday, August 9th and continues until October 4th.

Because Janet and I know there is no creativity course like Express Your Soul’s Beauty, we created a mini-class so you can see what our gatherings will be like and whether this is the sacred circle that is calling your name.

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Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:16:49 +0000http://www.artthatmoves.ca/?p=2789Last week marked the end of the3rd Annual BEES (& the birds) Art Show & Craftmarket.I have organized the show for the last few years, and devoted many volunteer hours to raising money and awareness for my beloved friends the bees.

I want to say BIG THANK YOU to all the artists who participated in the show, to the show volunteers and sponsors @nemophilist_journals and @brihoy, and to all the people who came through the gallery to oooh and ahhh at the beautiful work there.

Once again the show raised awareness and money to help the bees—and that fulfilled our goal!

The @davidsuzukifdn will be receiving a cheque early next week for their bee program.

As I ponder and reflect on the history of the bee show, I realize how much has changed in the three years since we began. Three years ago, many of the people that walked into the gallery were unaware of the plight of the bees and other pollinators. What’s changed this year is that most of the people coming into the gallery are educated about what is putting bees in jeopardy.

Wow! Mission accomplished? Yes and no. I’m not sure whether I will do the show for a 4th year. If I do, it won’t be the same—because I know people are opening up to the WISDOM OF THE BEES.

Again—WOW

What I know for sure is that moving forward I will need to start sharing more about my own sacred relationship with the Bees. Though I live in the city and am not able to be a bee steward (beekeeper) I heeded a call from the Bees a few years ago and walking that path has been a huge learning about trust and love.

I continue to trust and follow the prompts—the honeyed crumbs—beginning with creating and illustrating a Love the Bees Calendar, donating proceeds of my Bee themed art to help the Bees, training in an ancient Bee-centric Shamanic practice, Path of the Pollen—and for the past 3 years—curating an art show with 30 artists who donate part of their proceeds to help the Bees. This past year I also began to share more about Bee in my live and online art classes and it’s opened up a whole bunch of sweet creativity for people in my workshops.

In the meantime, I wanted to share the work of some other bee-autiful souls who work with Bee.

The first bee-utiful soul, is Debra Roberts of Holy Bee Press and in the video below you can hear her speak about Bee keeping as a Sacred Practice. As I can affirm, Debra says that, “…being around the Bees makes your life change alchemically for the better.” She is grateful for their teaching her about the inter-connectedness of life at work. The clarity when she emerges from the bee yard helps her notice and open to what’s around her, Debra says “The greater presence I have when I am around the Bees percolates into my life in other ways.”

The second bee-utiful soul is Matt Willey. Matt’s site is The Good of the Hive, and you can see some of his breathtaking larger than life murals there. He has been on a 10 year journey painting Bees!

Matt is an artist who is painting change, in his own words, “I just want to paint the bees and let people align with them. Let them fall in love with them and then things change.”

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Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:50:07 +0000http://www.artthatmoves.ca/?p=2774Oh boy, today is the first day of the second half of the year, or,

how I was woken up two nights ago by a pain in my heart.

I immediately identified this pain wasn’t physical, it was emotional. I was feeling a deep sorrow in my chest, and the word that leapt out at me—was regret. It’s halfway through 2017 and the panic hit me—I clearly have not done enough. I have not accomplished enough. I personally am just not enough! Why haven’t I done MORE!

I want to share my creative process with you because I think it may help when you get hit with a strong unresolved emotion you are ready to clear.

The power of this emotional pain literally propelled me from my bed. I went into my bathroom for privacy, and to spare my husband the sleep disruption. There I spent several minutes breathing the feeling in. Deeply inhaling it in. Yuck. Not tasty or life affirming at all, but it’s what I was feeling. I knew in order to let it move through, I had to really feel it first. I felt the sorrow come up. The self accusations rose, “Hey you! You haven’t done enough and the year is half gone! Get a move on. What are you waiting for?!”

Of course these feelings are not entirely true. They are ones that have a grain of truth, but then get blown up in my mind as they are fed by unresolved patterns from the past.

Once I breathed and I felt the old pattern in all it’s ugliness and intensity, I used a technique I learned around letting go of unpleasant dreams. I breathed the feeling through my body, into my womb, and then released/grounded/breathed it into the Earth. I thanked the Earth for transmuting it’s energy. I had to do this circuit many times before I even felt I had made a dent in this emotion. It felt big, but I was tired and went back to sleep.

I woke in the morning knowing I wasn’t done with this regret thing. This old pattern is a persistent one. Since I have been training in Shamanic studies for the last few years, my go to for healing answers is a Shamanic Journey. I went into a Shamanic Journey to ask who might help me release this pattern. You don’t have to do a journey. You could just as easily slip into a meditation, or take a walk in nature to find your healing answers. In my journey, I met with the Element of FIRE. Fire led me on a beautiful cleansing burn, and I saw visions of how the forest floor is purified by fire, so the beautiful little shoots can find their way up through what has been released. This healing journey was felt in my bones and showed me how to release the pattern of regret, so I can birth those lovely flowers that are ready to blossom around me. I am grateful for the healing and transmuting power of fire.

Taking it further . . .

I could have ended there, but I knew regret might come knocking again. It didn’t feel finished with me. This is where sacred art and creating comes in. Having a visual to express all that I went through, and to remind me to keep releasing.

I choose to do a simple pen drawing in my journal. You can see it has all the elements of my dance with regret. The pain in my heart, the fire, the release into the Earth (when I drew this I realized the Earth received this with love – so I drew a heart), the new seeds and shoots that are fed and blossom because of the release.

Doodle, sketch or paint to recognize and release your stuck emotions.

Doing even a simple drawing like this helps me to integrate the process for several reasons:

I know mark or art making can bring deeper insights into the emotion or problem I am facing.

Creating is a physical process, so the learning has time to sink into my physical being.

Having a visual expression means I will have something tangible to refer to. I can display my drawing by my desk, my bedside or anywhere else I know I will glance at it during the course of my week.

This creative drawing process can be done to work through any emotion or feeling. The drawing doesn’t have to be complicated. You can colour it in or not depending on how much time you have. If it feels bigger, you can consider painting it, or writing about it.

May all your emotions be released with ease and may the

new seeds you have planted blossom!

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]]>Rise Above, with Creative Visionary Whitney Freyahttp://www.artthatmoves.ca/2017/05/rise-above-with-creative-visionary-whitney-freya/
Thu, 18 May 2017 22:29:45 +0000http://www.artthatmoves.ca/?p=2758I’m delighted to announce a very special event—Rise Above, with Creative Visionary Whitney Freya. Whitney Freya, my friend and creative mentor, is in Toronto for one night only on Friday, May 26th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Shecosystem Co-working + Wellness.

Shecosystem (and me) Christine Pensa of Art That Moves present this evening of inspiration and creating with Whitney to celebrate the launch of her new book, Rise Above, Free Your Mind One Brushstroke at a Time.

You’ll hear Whitney’s inspirational, creative story, and her warm advice on how you can free your mind of limitations—and wield a paintbrush like a magic wand.

After her talk, you’ll pick up your magic paintbrush and paint your own set of wings. Whitney and Christine will create a safe and joy-filled space for your to explore—in Whitney’s words—new landscapes of possibility.

More about our guest . . .

Whitney Freya has been facilitating creative learning since 1996 when she opened the Creative Fitness Center. Since then, she has traveled globally as a creativity expert, published three books on personal creativity, including her latest book launching now, Rise Above, Free Your Mind One Brushstroke at a Time, and founded her Creatively Fit Coaching Certification Program to ensure as many people as possible remember their infinite creative nature in as supportive a way as possible.

Whitney has facilitated her process at The Esalen Institute, Burning Man, The Agape Spiritual Center, and creativity conferences in South Africa, Dubai, Canada and the United States. She has appeared on summits alongside Dr. Wayne Dyer, Donna Eden & more. Humanitarian News recognized Whitney for her work with Women for Women International. She lives in the “wild west” of NE Oregon with her three teenagers, who LOVE to “think creatively!” Learn and connect at www.whitneyfreya.com

About your hosts . . .

Emily Rose Antflick is Shecosystem’s founder and Chief Community Cultivator. With an M.A. in Education, Emily spent a decade teaching and creating transformative educational journeys in Canada and internationally. After experiencing a pervasive sense of depletion in her personal and professional life, Emily turned her attention to helping women like herself get unstuck and cultivate heart-centered communities that empower them to be their best selves. Emily proves that having a singular passion is not the only way to success; in addition to being an entrepreneur, she is a Rite of Passage facilitator, Permaculture Designer and dancer. Emily was a winner of the Startup Canada Women Founders Fund and has been profiled as a Women of Influence and a local feminist to watch.

Christine Pensa of Art That Moves knows first hand how powerfully inspiring Whitney Freya can be. Christine is one of Whitney’s Certified Creatively Fit Coach graduates and considers Whitney to be a friend and creative mentor. Christine is the illustrator and co-creator of, The Soul Discovery Coloring Book, published by Conari Press. A creative explorer, like her friends the bees, Christine searches out flowering fields with the best nectar and brings back the wonder and magic she finds there to participants in her classes live and online. Drawing on her own training and experiences as a practicing visual artist and Shamanic guide, Christine creates a space for everyone to explore and experience sacred art making in joy-filled, judgement-free zones.

What I know for sure is that creativity is part of your arsenal of healing tools when grief hits, and make no mistake, grief comes not just with a death.

Grief can take up residence in us when any loss occurs in our life.

There are the tangible ways of using creativity to help you to heal and release grief, and there are the intangible ways.

First of all, you have the power to create a place of your own where you will begin to heal your grief. You can create a comforting place to support yourself. Think about what that would look like for you. Is this space in your home? Does this space include time in nature? Does it mean simply turning off your email and phone for a few hours? Does it mean treating yourself to a massage to soothe your physical body? Can you claim a corner in your home as a safe haven, creating a soft space with a comfy chair, your favourite book and perhaps a scented candle. We tend to create a barrier to the expression of the pain of grief. By creating a safe place and space to express our grief, we allow ourselves to feel it and release it—bit by bit. Our grief is given permission to come from the shadows into the light.

When grief comes up, we often want to fix it quickly and easily. That has not been my experience of grief. Grief is a journey. It’s a journey to restore yourself.

What I’ve found is there is the visible part of grief that’s the tip of the iceberg. Then, there’s the vastness of the iceberg that lies below the surface and runs to the ocean’s floor. That part of my grief is often triggered by other moments of loss during my everyday life. This part of grief is really helped by art and mark making. Mark making exercises can help you name, claim and release these feelings, rather than push them further down into the depths of the ocean.

Bringing feelings of loss or grief to the surface by making them visible and tangible has always helped the visual learner in me to recognize and heal. I have found mark making lets me express at a deeper level than other creative forms like writing will.

It takes courage to grieve. Be gentle with yourself.

Do it in stages. Hold it softly. Honour where you are in the moment.

Take the time you need. When my mother died, I created a painting titled, First painting after my Mother’s death. At the time, it was painful and hard for me to look at. I put this painting into storage in a back corner of my Father’s basement for over 11 years. It’s only now that I am ready to reclaim it. I brought it home a couple of weeks ago, and it’s hanging in my home. It’s a reminder of how I ran through grief and was able to reclaim my own joy, while still honouring the journey and lessons grief brought me.

You don’t have to be an artist to embrace the power of your own creative mark making to heal grief.

Find out more about two grief releasing creative exercises I shared on

Uma and I had a fantastic discussion on her podcast about the power of creativity to help heal and release grief. In the half hour episode, I walked her through two creative meditative exercises—creating a Grief Mandala, and a grief mask. Both the can easily be done with simple supplies. I invite you to listen and open your creative heART to the opportunity to release. Listen here to experience the two exercises. I know you’ll want to subscribe to her podcast to hear the depth and breadth of Uma’s expertise on a regular basis!

Reminder: If you want to know more about reclaiming your mark making delight—not only as a way to help you work through grief—but as a practice to bring the joy of creative expression into your life—you can book a Creative Clarity session with me via Skype. Together we can create a bespoke program to help you move through

More musings on the visual nature of grief

I wanted to share my first experience of the healing power of visual expression to release grief. I think you’ll agree the two paintings (below) I made in the time after my Mother’s death are remarkable in that they visually reflect the journey I was on.

The first painting below on the left was titled, First painting after my Mother’s death. Though it was available at a couple of shows I did many years ago, it never sold. I’m glad because now it hangs in my home and brings me great satisfaction. Full disclosure: it took me over 11 years to bring that painting home and love it. The woman in the painting is running from everything falling down around her. Her eyes are closed because she doesn’t want to be present. I remember that woman. I know her journey and I know she comes out of it to a life of joy!

The second painting below on the right was titled, Second painting after my Mother’s death. This painting sold immediately and I was asked over and over if it was still available. The image in the second painting is much easier to embrace for sure. The woman isn’t quite yet full of joy, but she is opening to the next part of her life and to all that it will bring. She is feeling a little battered still, but she is ready to move forward.

What strikes me so many years later is how I have circled back to send all of my love to both these women who represent my grief. They fill me with peace. I believe I’m at peace because I released my grief through art making, through movement, through mindfulness, whatever means came to me in the moment. I allowed my grief to bubble up in small pieces, in larger pieces, and then I allowed it to move through me. I expressed it. I expressed it without sending it. I invite you to feel the important distinction in the spaces between sending and expressing. I invite you to experience the releasing power of art or mark making to allow your grief to express.

Or, I get by with a little help from my creative friends . . .

3 NEW books you’ll adore

PLUS 2 dreamy retreat ideas

April is an exciting month because Janet Conner & Whitney Freya have released their new books!

These two incredible women started as my mentors. Now they are my honoured friends.

I’m bursting with JOY to see them soar with the launches of their NEW books!

I know you will want to order both ASAP.

Janet Conner

I was delighted to co-create, The Soul Discovery Coloring Book, with Janet last year. That joyful collaboration led to an online course, Express Your Soul’s Beauty, and that led to the cementing of our deep friendship. It’s not just me though, Janet inspires everyone she meets.

Janet invites her readers and participants in her class to—explore the fields of the soul—together.

Janet has a gift for leading readers on a step by step joyful, and sacred journey.Buy Janet’s book.

Whitney Freya

I met Whitney Freya online several years ago when I completed her Creatively Fit Coaching program, and then in person at a coaches’ retreat. Whitney’s zest for life and creativity matches my own, and she inspires people everyday to pick up a paintbrush and express themselves. Whitney’s joy and energy are contagious.

Whitney says paintbrushes are—magic wands, guiding you into new landscapes of possibility.

Rise Above is a creative guide to free your mind from limitation.
In this, her 3rd book, Whitney invites readers paint with energy and intention. Great bonus is you pre-order, you’ll receive an immediate download of the book!

AND you’ll also want to order this one!

Erin Klassen

When Etsy Canada invited me to go to Nunavut in 2015, I knew it would be a life-changing experience. What I didn’t know is that Erin Klassen and I, despite our age difference, would find a sister kinship that fills my heart.

Erin is a master facilitator, creator, publisher—and talented writer—bringing the work of 17 co-collaborators together to create magic.

This is Erin’s 2nd book featuring a collection of poetry, prose and art. You Care Too Much explores the question of “self care,” with universal healing truth bombs.Buy Erin’s book.

AND Speaking of Self Care . . .

. . . 2 great ideas for your own nourishing self care

LIVE and ONLINE

Emma Kupu Mitchell and I are offering our second online course, Elemental Self Care. I am delighted to partner with Emma once again! Emma shares her expertise and experience guiding people on multi-sensory soul journeys with course participants. I bring the nectar gathered from my Shamanic experiences and ground them in creative exercises. (More INFO)

This course if about bringing HARMONY into your busy life using creative exercises, breathing and mindfulness practice, sacred community, sound healing and more.

Participants in the first course loved the journey, and they wanted more, so we’ve extended the course from 4 weeks to 6 weeks.

Join us on May 14, 2017 and take time to nourish yourself in a sacred circle of like-minded women.